Category: R.M. Engelhardt Poem
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COFFEE MESSIAH When the sun comes up And the dawn of a new day Rises Fuk em. I’m a coffee messiah When people don’t Like what I say or write Fuk em. I’m a coffee messiah When the job Gets stressful & The people get tired Fuk em. I’m a coffee messiah & I’m 2000…
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REDEMPTION MAYBE? All the scientists &Astro Physicists sayIt’s the size ofManhattan A giant rockFlying towards usAt 130,000 milesPer hour Others say it’sAn alien spacecraftStopping by for coffeeAnd cigarettes or toEnslave us which inThese times would actually beAn improvement The people are angry The people are bored The people want somethingNew to worship or ponder uponBecause…
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PRAYER I saw a manKneeling & prayingOn the corner ofPurgatory Street &Salvation Ave wearingAn American flag likeA shawl to protect himFrom evil I saw a man inUtah pouring outHate to a crowd of youngStudents pretendingTo be a good ChristianMan Interrupted I’ve seen warsAnd bullets screamingAnd ripping throughThe bodies the flesh of humanBeings both good &Evil,…
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WHEN THE CLOCK BREAKS How times changeBut stay the same Places & people gone but still sharingSpace in our memories & dreams. Lovers leaving lovers meet.Some marry,some saying oh no, (not me) Believing they’ll just findAnother heart to break The clock of youth ticking away Tick Tock Tick Tock Tick … Too late. Too late…
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POETS IN THE SUMMER Sittin ‘ outside on the terraceDrinking hot coffee & chainSmoking just lookin at hisPhone in 90 degree weather The neighbors ask? Is he insane?Is he crazy? Damn. What’s wrong withThat guy ? JustSittin ‘ outside on the terraceDrinking hot coffee & chainSmoking just lookin at hisPhone in 90 degree weather That’s…
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THERE ARE BETTER So if no one has everTold you ? There are better poetsOut thereThan you Live poetsDead poetsPoets who are well … SomewhereIn between And there are better lawyersBetter bartendersBetter fightersBetter musicians, barbers& better drunksBut no uncorrupt politiciansWho do or can doAnything interestingOr of much merit At all And no matterWhat you do…
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THE POET LAUREATE OF ALBANY Someone once mistookMe for some kind of celebrity A celebrityWithout money Only words But thirty yearsPasses by with eachPassing obituary The death of familyThe death of friends The death of momentsOf highs & lowsDrunken sonnets & love& Unemployment woes And if anythingPoetry is made of just that Broken loveBroken soulsBroken…
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HOW TO BE YOUR OWN POETRY WORKSHOP Chapter 1: Get a life. Live in reality and believe in a cause.Give a shit. Care about strangers. Care about your friends & the poor Become a real poet. And stop writing the mundane with no truth or soul, or casual moments Vacant Like some recycling machineSet on…
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MALEVOLENCE 1. The enemy comesTo you as a messiahA champion of the people 2. He is the viperThe rapist, the killerThe enemyOf democracy A cancerA disease Malevolent Twisted Sick And what does the good surgeonDo when the cancer, the tumorStarts to spread ? To save a nationTo save the patient?To save the world? 4. He…
